^Lot 279 Healis: Adventure Glorious

Healis, Ronald. ADVENTURE GLORIOUS. Frederick Muller Limited, London. 1955. 12mo. (2), 144 pages. original blue cloth, gilt. First Edition. Frontispiece, photo. English text. faded gilt, Very Good. This book is a first-person wartime memoir written by Marine Ronald "Tubby" Healiss, who served as a member of a 4.7-inch gun crew aboard the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. The narrative focuses intensely on the catastrophic events of June 8, 1940, when the carrier was intercepted and sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Healiss vividly details his harrowing five-day ordeal adrift on a carley float in the freezing Arctic waters, his struggle for survival amidst starvation and frostbite, and his eventual rescue as one of the very few crew members to survive the disaster. Lot weight: 0 lbs 8oz. Subject(s): Maritime, Military History, Memior.